Senior and/or Founding UX/UI Designer
Location: US, CA, San Francisco
Department: Design
Salary range: 100000-200000
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Director
Required education: Associate Degree
Industry: Design
Function: Design

Company profile:
Balanced Labs exists to provide accountants and small businesses everywhere with a better life through intelligent and elegant tools.

Job description:
About Balanced LabsBalanced Labs is a well funded startup made of a collection of accomplished thinkers, innovators and third time entrepreneurs who’s goals are simple - to create engaging work experiences for accountants and small business owners through intelligent and elegant collaborative tools.The GigAs a Senior UX/UI designer you will collaborate with the design director, from tip to tail, in a hands-on role developing the foundation and aesthetic for our new product offering(s). You are a passionate creative who loves to inspire users through innovative desktop, mobile, and curated digital experiences for the cloud. Highly motivated, you embrace a difficult a challenge head-on, discovering nuances and opportunities as your iterate toward final design solutions. Never satisfied with “good enough” your curiosity drives your desire to understand an audience and to deliver impactful solutions that fulfill their needs. Yes, that is a lot of hats we are asking you to wear. If this sounds like the type of challenge you want to be apart of keep reading.Cultural FitThe people that thrive at Balanced Labs are curious, empathetic, highly motivated, experimental, adaptable and appreciate a holistic methodology for solving design challenges in collaborative teams. Individuals with really big ears to listen and really small mouths when considering other unique viewpoints. People that can take direction as well as give it; who can lead projects as well as produce articulate design solutions as needed.

Requirements:
A strong portfolio demonstrating systems thinking and core skills across a variety of client categories and interactive design formats &amp; methodologies, e.g. websites, software applications, mobile/tablet UI and apps, and applicable personal projectsAbility to generate iterative digital sketches/prototypes from lo-fi to hi-fi, to help design thinking process as well as communicate concepts to team members and clients using common design software (InDesign, Illustrator, Keynote, Omnigraffle, and InvisionApp)Excellent ability to lead and motivate team members through collaboration5+ years prior work experience in a related roleSolid academic background in a related field, such as Design, Interaction, Communication or commensurate work experience; advanced degree a plusEloquent verbal/written communication &amp; presentation skills, with the ability to successfully articulate design concepts to cross-functional teams, and provide sound consultationsEffective time management skills to balance project schedule with fast-paced deadlinesEnthusiasm for the digital design industry &amp; technology at largeAbility to scope out and conduct key business stakeholder &amp; key user interviews to understand requirements and insights that shape product strategies and design decisionsExperience planning and hosting collaborative workshops, user research and/or usability testing and conducting comparative/competitive landscape and content auditsAbility to create user experience goals and conceptual frameworks; user personas, related key user journeys and relevant flowcharts; information architecture and, as necessary, content strategiesMaintain a personal relationship and working knowledge of platforms, standards, best practices and emerging technologies, proving an ability to know the rules and how to break themCollaborate seamlessly with cross-functional teams to ensure that the integrity of the experience is maintained at product launch and beyond across a broad range of media channelsDevelop and present UX/UI deliverables exhibited in iterative wireframes, prototypes, web, tablet, mobile and social experiences that meet best practices and push the boundaries of innovationDrive principles of usability and user-centered design by working with product team to define research methodologies and participate in user testing or fieldwork as requiredKnow when and why UX deliverables such as Generative and Formative Research, User Journeys, Wire frames, Site Maps and Content Matrices are required.Represent User Experience in pitch work by collaborating with Design Director to identify opportunities that emerge during discovery, planning and scope definitionFoster a positive team environment, bridging the gap between disciplines by sharing knowledge and mentoring colleagues, and encourage the development of skills within the creative team through example, sharing and inspirationCandidates should be residents of the SF Bay Area or willing to relocate. International candidates must be legally entitled to work in the United States of America.

Benefits:
Balanced Labs offers the following compensation package:Competitive salary based on experienceStock options and equityExtensive health and dental coverageFlexible Personal Time OffWe all learn, teach and collaborate togetherFocused yet casual work environment and company cultureEqual Opportunity EmployerBalanced Labs is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualiﬁed applicants without regard to race, gender, disability, veteran status or other protected category.